Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) as tracers of urban waste waters in shallow littoral ecosystems: A case study in the Bay of Cadiz

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-379

  Gonzalez Mazo E ^a   Quiroga, J M ^a   Gomez Parra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; LAS; Marine sediments; Tracer

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFONATE; TRACER; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTEWATER;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ BAY; SPAIN;

EID: 0343938827     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v25i3.717     Document Type: Article

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